Well, most people learn about variables [1] before variables [2], so I find it funny that you think of the mutable ones as English.
Mutable variables are better explained as slots or cells, I think. Both OCaml and Rust have a concept of ref cells, for example (and they entirely replace mutable local variables in OCaml).
Mutable variables are better explained as slots or cells, I think. Both OCaml and Rust have a concept of ref cells, for example (and they entirely replace mutable local variables in OCaml).
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_(mathematics) 2: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_(computer_science)